Novel UV absorbing compounds and photographic elements containing UV absorbing compounds

ABSTRACT

1-Amino-4-cyano-1,3-butadiene compounds of the formula ##STR1## WHEREIN N IS 1 OR 2; WHEN N IS 1, R 1  and R 2  are the same or different and represent hydrogen, alkyl including substituted alkyl, aryl including substituted aryl or cyclic alkyl groups, except that both R 1  and R 2  cannot be hydrogen, or taken together R 1  and R 2  represent the elements necessary to complete a cyclic amino group and, when n is 2, at least one of R 1  and R 2  is alkylene or arylene; G represents an electron withdrawing group. The compounds are especially useful in photographic elements as UV absorbers. Particularly useful UV absorbers are 3-dibutylaminoallylidenemalononitrile, 3-dihexylaminoallylidenemalononitrile, 3-tert-butylaminoallylidenemalononitrile, 3-diisobutylaminoallylidenemalononitrile, 3-di-sec-butylaminoallylidenemalononitrile, 3-hexahydroazepinoallylidenemalononitrile, 3-N(n-butyl)-N-cyanomethyl aminoallylidenemalononitrile, 3[N,N-bis-(2,2-diethoxyethyl)amino]allylidenemalononitrile, 3(N-methyl-N-cyanomethyl)aminoallylidenemalononitrile, 1,4-piperazino bis(allylidenemalononitrile), N,N-diethyl-N,N-di-(4,4-dicyanobutadienyl)-1,6-diaminohexane, 3-[N,N-bis(2-cyanoethyl)amino]allylidenemalononitrile, 3-morpholinoallylidene methylsulfonylacetonitrile, 3-morpholinoallylidene 4-tert-butylphenylsulfonylacetonitrile, 3-piperazinoallylidene 4-tert-butylphenylsulfonylacetonitrile and 3-N-methylpiperazinoallylidene 4-tert-butylphenylsulfonylacetonitrile.



